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Aloo Uchhe Jhal or Bengali Aloo Karela recipe is a summer staple in most Bengali households. Slices of korola (karela or Bitter Melon) and potatoes are cooked together with some panchphoron (Bengali five spice mix) and served at the beginning of the meal with some rice.

Sweet Boondi or Mishti Bonde is a very popular Indian sweet where small fritters made with chickpea flour is dunked in sugar syrup. It is vegan (if not fried in ghee or clarified butter), gluten-free, dairy-free, nuts-free Indian sweet dish, very popular during Indian weddings and festivals.

This is a no-cook Green Chilli Hot Sauce recipe that needs only a handful of ingredients and a week’s time to mature. Simply chop everything together and put them in a jar, and keep it in your fridge. In seven days you will have the BEST green chili hot sauce recipe, ready.

If you are looking for quick & easy paneer recipes, then nothing tops this. This is flat out the quickest recipe of paneer on my blog. All you need is a slab of fresh paneer and a handful of pantry staple spices to bring this dish together. This is a vegetarian, gluten-free and nut-free recipe, which can be easily modified into vegan by replacing paneer with tofu.

If you talk about Indian snacks, then Pakoras will probably top the list! These are crispy, battered and then deep-fried till golden and delicious. You can probably use any vegetable you can lay upon your hand for making these vegetable pakoras. And these pakoras are vegetarian, vegan ( in most cases), gluten-free, nut-free and totally open to modifications as per your taste.

This Lauki Kofta Curry recipe is a summer special recipe using Lauki (Bottle Gourd, Lau or Opo Squash). Koftas made of grated lauki or Bottle Gourd is served with a tomato-based mildly spicy gravy. It can be served with Indian flatbread like chapattis, rotis or naans, or with rice-based dishes like Cumin Rice or Peas Pulao.